Nocino'ed

1 1⁄2 oz Nocino
1 oz Sake
3⁄4 oz Pavan
3⁄4 oz Citron liqueur, Sukkah Hill Etrog
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

1. Just the other day I discovered a bottle of Nocino Liqueur from Italy, never heard of it, couldn't resist.
2. Green Walnuts, seriously heavy flavor, Delicious !!
3. My first experiment with Nocino.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
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Traveler's Luck

1 1⁄2 oz Cynar (or Cynar 70)
1 oz Apricot liqueur, Giffard (Abricot du Rousillon)
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
3 oz Club soda
1 wdg Lime (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients except soda with ice. Strain into a collins glass with ice and top with soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.

History

I wanted to create a cocktail that used only the sweetness of the apricot liqueur instead of a separate syrup.

Yields Drink
Year
2020
Authenticity
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Swiss Cartel

1 oz Reposado Tequila (up to 1.25)
1 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Antica Formula
1 oz Gran Classico
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Build in glass over a single large rock, garnish with a orange zest.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Meaghan Dorman, Raines Law Room, NYC
Source reference

https://www.seriouseats.com/swiss-cartel-tequila-negroni-meaghan-dorman…

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3.5 stars
(5 ratings)
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  • Nice tequila negroni variant with gran classico.
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Intercontinental cocktail

1 oz Cognac
1 oz Averna
1⁄2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir, strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

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Year
2009 or earlier
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Duggan McDonnell, Cantina, San Francisco
Source reference

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/the-intercontinental/

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3 stars
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  • Used a lemon twist garnish
  • Very nice cocktail and would be a nice starter for someone new to amaro. Approachable but with a very nice complexity and evolution.
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Pink Floyd Eclipse

1 1⁄2 oz Bourbon, Buffalo Trace
3⁄4 oz Madeira, Sandeman's Rainwater
1⁄2 oz Jamaican rum, Appleton 12
1⁄2 oz Amaro Montenegro
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup
2 ds Bitters, Angostura
2 ds Bitters, Fee Brothers Black Walnut
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Stir with plenty of ice. Pour in a nick and nora glass. Garnish with the orange peel.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Phillip Gruneich
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4.5 stars
(8 ratings)
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  • I lacked ingredients. Sub Plantation Original Dark and Zucca for the Appleton and Montenegro. Definitely a different drink, but still very tasty and creative.
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Full Moon

1 1⁄2 oz Nocino
3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth, Noilly Prat
1⁄2 oz Fernet Branca
1⁄2 oz Lime juice
3 ds Orange bitters
Instructions

Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.

Notes

My second try using Nocino, a very nice green walnut liqueur from Italy.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Carl N.
Curator rating
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3 stars
(1 rating)
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Hubajube commented on 6/13/2023:

I expected the fernet to dominate, but it was the lime that seemed too prominent.

Zakim

2 oz Bourbon (Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond)
1⁄2 oz Falernum (House made)
1⁄2 oz Sweet vermouth, Carpano Punt e Mes
1 ds Bitters, Angostura (1+ dashes, 2-3 from Japanese dasher)
1 twst Lemon peel (express and discard)
Instructions

Combine with ice. Stir. Serve up.

Notes

Extensively curated to reflect recipe in Alcove's Instagram video. Link added.

History

On the menu at the Alcove Restaurant Boston MA.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Authentic recipe
Creator
Alcove Restaurant Boston MA
Source reference

https://www.instagram.com/alcoveboston/reel/DAV8WvuOikd/

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3.5 stars
(2 ratings)
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  • Used Jim Beam Black label (1.75 oz). Rate 3.5
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yarm commented on 2/16/2025:

According to the bar's Instagram post, it's 2 oz Evan Williams Bonded Bourbon, 1/2 oz Punt e Mes, 1/2 oz housemade falernum, 1 heavy/2 light dashes Angostura Bitters (it's 3 Japanese bitter bottles dashes which are about half the size of a dash from the store bought Ango bottle). Stir, with ice, strain into a stemmed up glass, and garnish with lemon oil from a twist (express & discard).
https://www.instagram.com/alcoveboston/reel/DAV8WvuOikd/

Shawn C commented on 2/16/2025:

Thank you. Recipe extensively curated to reflect video, with now known proportions replacing estimates, and link added as reference. It seems likely that some changes occurred in preparation and serve between 2022 and 2024 because it had been entered as shaken(?) and served in a coupe before.

Brain Damage

1 1⁄2 oz Pineapple juice
1 oz Overproof rum, Plantation O.F.T.D.
3⁄4 oz Grapefruit juice (Acid-adjusted to lime juice)
3⁄4 oz Iced Coffee (Cold brew)
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup
1 pn Kosher Salt
1⁄2 oz Amaro Lucano
1 sli Grapefruit peel (as garnish)
1 lf Pineapple (as garnish)
Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice. Pour over ice in a double rocks glass. Garnish with a pineapple frond and a grapefruit coin.

Notes

Grapefruit juice acid adjusted to lime:
- 1 liter of grapefruit juice
- 27 grams citric acid powder
- 13 grams malic acid powder

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Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Phillip Gruneich
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5 stars
(2 ratings)
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Glitter and Shame

1⁄2 c Cantaloupe (diced)
2 oz Vodka (melon)
1⁄4 oz Herbal liqueur, Green Chartreuse
1⁄2 oz Simple syrup
1 sli Lime
Instructions

Muddle the cantaloupe at the bottom of a glass. Add remaining ingredients, shake, and double strain.

Yields Drink
Authenticity
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Creator
Legal Seafoods
Source reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_70lQ_5v7s

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Devil's Highway

1 1⁄2 oz Tequila
1⁄2 oz Islay Scotch (Laphroaig is what I used but smoke is key.)
1⁄2 oz Suze
1⁄4 oz Bénédictine
1⁄4 oz Honey syrup (1:1)
2 ds Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole
1 twst Lemon peel (As garnish)
Instructions

Build in a double old fashioned glass, add a large ice cube, stir to mix and chill, and garnish with a lemon twist (lemon oil only at work, twist at home).

History

A guest at Drink requested a tequila and Scotch cocktail. I was a little thrown by that since folks that want agave and smoke usually just opt for mezcal, but I set off to craft something on the fly in an Old Fashioned direction. I was still thinking of the Vaquero's Suze-Benedictine combination, and I supplemented some of the sweetness with honey syrup. For a name, I later dubbed this the Devil's Highway after the Luis Alberto Urrea book.

Yields Drink
Year
2022
Authenticity
Your original creation
Creator
Frederic Yarm, Drink, Boston, MA
Source reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2022/06/devils-highway.html

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4.5 stars
(9 ratings)
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Artur B commented on 3/30/2025:

Whirlpool of tastes. Not actually blend but interesting.

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